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He could see it. The gate to Konoha was in sight. He just couldn't wait. Sakura-chan, Kakashi-sensei, kaa-san, tou-san, Itachi, Sasuke, Tsunade-sama, he just couldn't wait.
He's been dying to see Sakura again, counting down every day, month, and year he was gone. He just couldn't wait to have Sakura in his arms and kiss her over, and over, and over again.
Flashback
Tears were streaming down her face. This was the most emotion Naruto has seen from Sakura since they started dating, which was 1 year ago.
Naruto continued to hug her, holding her in his arms. He didn't want to go, but if he wanted to take Orochimaru down, he had to go. He was going to miss her birthday, Valentine's day, new year's, and Christmas. Every important date for a couple, he would miss.
"I'll be back before you know it, Sakura-chan." Naruto said as he kissed her head.
"Just come back safe and in one piece. I don't know what I'll do without you." She buried her face in his chest, taking in his scent one last time.
Naruto looked over to Jiraiya who motion for him to hurry up. "I have to go now, Sakura-chan."
Sakura stepped back to look at him one last time. "Alright, just come back to me, ok?" Naruto nodded and turned to leave. "Wait, Naruto." Naruto turned. Sakura walked up to him and planted a passionate kiss on his lips.
Sakura broke the kiss after 2 minutes. "Just a little thing for you to come back quicker. I love you, Naruto-kun."
"I love you too, Sakura-chan." Naruto then turned and left, leaving Sakura standing and watching him.
Flashback End
Naruto ran through the gate leaving Izumo and Kotetsu confused. Naruto and Sakura have been writing and she said that she started to train under Tsunade. Sakura wanted to be a medic, so being the apprentice of the best medic in the world is the way to go.
Naruto ran to the Hokage tower as fast as ever. He was finally going to see Sakura. After 3 years without seeing her, he finally gets to see her.
He neared the door and heard her voice, her sweet voice now more mature. He stood next to the door and waited until she left the room.
"You know, you look hot with a doctor's coat on." Naruto said as he leaned on the wall.
Sakura stopped dead in her tracks. She turned around and saw Naruto standing there leaning on a wall. "NARUTO!" Sakura ran and jumped into his arms and kissed him passionately.
Sakura leaned her head back to look at him. "Hey."
"Hi." He replied.
"I missed you." She said.
"I missed you too." Naruto sat down against the wall, Sakura still in his arms but now sitting in his lap.
Sakura felt his toned body. "That training trip helped me out too." Sakura smirked. Naruto raises an eyebrow.
"Why is that?"
"This sexy, toned body is all mine and no other person can have it." Naruto blushed and Sakura chuckled and leaned into his chest.
"I've gotten taller you know." Naruto said as he stood up. He was now a head taller than Sakura.
"Now I have to stand on my tippy toes when I do this." Sakura then placed a kiss on his lips.
Naruto grinned after the kiss. "I'm so glad I'm back."
Sakura chuckled. "And I'm glad you're back too."
The kyuubi jinchuriki was a…weird one. Blonde hair, cerulean eyes, whisker marks on her cheeks, and an obsession with the color orange. But, nonetheless, Naruto liked her. She had the kind of thing to her that made you happy.
"There's my best friend." Naruto gave Naruko a high five. "How have you been?"
"You know, the usual. Ramen, ramen, and more ramen." The two laughed.
"You've grown. You used to be right here to me." Naruto held his hand up to his hip.
Naruko pouted. "Now you're just being a meanie." Naruto laughed.
"I'll catch up with you later, I'm gonna go home and talk to my family." Naruko waves to him as he left.
Naruto was exceptionally happy to see his family. Itachi resigned from ANBU, so he's going to be around more, Mikoto is going to shower him with hugs and kisses, Fugaku is going to sit there and nod to him, and Sasuke is going to be…well…Sasuke.
Naruto opened the door and activated his sharingan to find his family members. As he suspected, they were in the kitchen eating dinner. He made his way to the kitchen.
"Did you make some food for me, kaa-san?" Naruto said as everyone's eyes whipped to him.
"NA-NARUTO!" Mikoto ran to him and through her arms around him in a big welcoming hug. "Are you okay? Are you hurt? Are you thirsty, hungry, cold?"
Naruto chuckled. "I'm fine kaa-san."
Itachi walked up to him and stuck his hand out which Naruto accepted. "Nice to see you're back little brother." Naruto nodded.
Sasuke then walked up to him. Naruto stuck his hand out, but Sasuke slapped it away and pulled him into a hug. "I missed you, brother."
"I missed you too." Naruto replied and pulled away from the hug.
He then turned towards his father and nodded. "Tou-san."
Fugaku nodded back. "Naruto."
Mikoto clapped her hands together. "Well, I know you must be hungry, so eat up and then tell us about your travels."
"And then I put him in a genjutsu and made him look at a sumo wrestler." Everyone in the room started laughing except for Fugaku and Sasuke.
"That Jiraiya is something else." Mikoto said.
"Hey kaa-san, tou-san, Sasuke-chan, and I have a mission tomorrow." Itachi said.
"Well I guess it's just going to be me and you, Naruto." Mikoto said as she flashed a smile to Naruto.
"Actually, kaa-san, I'm going to be accompanying Sakura-chan to her cousin's wedding. Then, I'm going out to eat with Sakura-chan and her family." Naruto saw the look on Mikoto's face. "I'm sorry, kaa-san."
"It's fine, Naruto. Enjoy yourself." Mikoto said while putting on a fake smile.
Naruto and Sakura walked to the wedding venue. They were going to meet up with her mom and dad there because they were helping out.
Naruto was wearing a dark suit with a white button, down shirt, black leather dress shoes, and a slim neck tie. Sakura was wearing a navy-blue evening dress with black heels and a black clutch.
When they reached the venue, they were greeted by Sakura's aunt, who was the mother of the bride.
"Sakura, I'm so glad you could make it. You look beautiful." She hugged Sakura.
"Thank you, oba-san, you do too."
"Who is this young man you have here?" She pointed to Naruto.
"Naruto meet my oba-san Mika. Oba-san, meet my boyfriend, Naruto Uchiha." She took his hand into her own.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mika-san." Naruto shook her hand with his free hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you too, Naruto." She then turned to Sakura. "You didn't tell me you had a boyfriend, and a handsome one at that." Naruto and Sakura both blushed.
"Hands off oba-san, he's mine." Sakura said and they all laughed.
"Well, I have to be off, it's almost time for the wedding to start and I have to see if Tamiko is ready. It was nice to meet you, Naruto." Naruto nodded.
"Oh, tell Tamiko nē-chan I said congratulations." Sakura said as her aunt walked off. Naruto and Sakura then went to take their seats.
The ceremony was beautiful. It was outside, so the nature made everything amazing. The flowers, the sun, the clear sky, it was sublime.
Naruto, Sakura, and her parents didn't stay for the whole reception because they decided to go out to eat. But Naruto did get to meet more of Sakura's family, and they were all really nice.
At the restaurant
Naruto, Sakura, and her parents were sitting around the table. Mebuki was next to Kizashi, and Sakura was next to Naruto. They were laughing and talking about Naruto's wacky stories with Jiraiya on his training trip.
"So, you and Sakura's anniversary is coming up. Do you guys have anything planned?" Mebuki asked.
"If I said anything, I'd be spoiling the surprise, but I have something planned." Naruto looked over to Sakura who blushed. He too her hand and gave it a squeeze. "3 months after our anniversary, it'll be Christmas." Sakura face lit up.
"Our very first Christmas together! I can't wait." Sakura said.
Mebuki looked at them while drying a fake tear. "You two are so adorable." The four laughed and continued to talk until they decided to head home.
Naruto walked into the house and the first person he went to, was his mom.
"Kaa-san, I have a question." Mikoto turned and looked at her son. "What should I do for mine and Sakura's anniversary?" Mikoto's face lit up.
"Naruto, you've come to the right place." Mikoto spun around. "By the time your anniversary is done, Sakura is going to love you even more."
This is going to be one long night.
Tormint: Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed!
For my new story, it got lost on my computer, so I have to rewrite it. I would expect that in two days or so.
I'm going to be making a one-shot for this story about Naruto and Sakura's anniversary. After that, it's going to be right back to the action.
I'm probably going to skip most of the war, except for the lead up to the war and important events in it.
The next chapter will start the Pain invasion, then the chapter after that will skip to the war. As for a rough estimate of how many more chapters are left in this story, there's anywhere between 3-5 more chapters left for this story.
Anyway, I've rambled on for long enough. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed. Tormint out!